Medlitz

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Medlitz
market Rattelsdorf
Coordinates: 50 ° 2 ′ 52 ″  N , 10 ° 53 ′ 6 ″  E
Height : 253  (246-264)  m
Residents : 225  (2018)
Incorporation : July 1, 1972
Postal code : 96179

Medlitz is a municipality part of the market Rattelsdorf in the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg . In the village of 225 inhabitants.

location

Medlitz is on federal highway 4 , four kilometers north of Rattelsdorf. The Franconian Marienweg runs through the village .

history

In 1057 Medlitz was named "Metilici" together with the local court of the diocese of Würzburg . The village was probably founded by Slavs in a side valley of the Itz . The Kreuzbach, also called Kreuzerbach, divided the place in the Middle Ages into a Bamberg ( belonging to the Michelsberg monastery ) and a Würzburg (belonging to the diocese) part.

On July 1, 1972, the municipality of Medlitz, until then in the district of Staffelstein , with the municipality parts Speiersberg and Hilkersdorf was incorporated into the market Rattelsdorf .

religion

The vast majority of the population is Roman Catholic.

Worth seeing

  • Kuratiekirche, which was built in 1914 according to plans by Otto Schulz (1877–1960) in neo-baroque style with a roof turret from 1739. In the church there is an image of Our Lady, which gave rise to pilgrimages from the 18th century.
  • Stone table from the 11th century (location: Am Friedhof)
  • Chapel on the hill from 1864
Kuratiekirche Mariae Himmelfahrt
Kuratiekirche Mariae Himmelfahrt

economy

The Schwarzer Adler brewery existed in Medlitz until 1986 .

traffic

Medlitz had from October 1, 1913 to September 28, 1975 a stop on the Breitengüßbach – Dietersdorf railway line .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population of the districts of Rattelsdorf
  2. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 575 .